Biography

Rutherford Boyd

Biography from the Archives of askART

Beginning his career as an illustrator, Boyd Rutherford later became a
painter, sculptor, designer and art educator. He also wrote
numerous articles about fine art, which were published in many
periodicals. Rutherford was born in Philadelphia and lived during
his career in New York City, New Orleans where he was a sketch artist,
and Leonia, New Jersey.

He was a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

Memberships included the American Watercolor Society, and the
Architecture League, and exhibition venues include the Art Institute of
Chicago.

Sources include:
John Mahe, Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 1718-1918Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art

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